kitty and the red yarn,re-shot

i never got around to posting this,

i took a second hopefully better picture of it.

Ode to music

I haven't posted a thing here in so long that I don't even know where to start!

I may not have posted but i HAVE been painting.

I noticed IF's theme for the week is "stings", and so

I'll start with this musical painting I painted some days ago.

-8*10 inch

-oil on canvas panel.

kitty and the red yarn

haven't posted since forever.

some bed time painting. didn't do the picture justice: no time no paint, alot of yawning.

this is way too realistic for me.

i thought i'd speed it up a bit painting upside down which also gives pretty accurate measurements. it works.

caraazul77 was kind enough to allow me to use of this great photo.

- 8*10 inch oil on canvas panel.

Days of Old...

the idea for this comes from brides & wedding celebrations in various cultures, where the celebrations include customs & costumes unique to each.

these may not be part of her daily modern life hence the expressionless face. moments when the wedding seizes to be about her wants and things must be done the proper way; the traditional way. She is transported back in time and she becomes her mother, her grandmother, an extention of a long line of women in her family...

mixed media on watercolor paper.

10*14 inch

all that yellow is actually GOLD, I couldn't get a decent picture ( i tried!).

i'm pretty sure this painting's done... hmm, it is hard to tell sometimes.

one with the sea.... Oil

last days of winter.... man but do i miss the cold! :(

oil on canvas panel.

14*18 inch i think! (it's been sitting around for some weeks :p )

more by the sea.... oil

10*14 inch oil on canvas panel

Sword fish.... oil

more sea view paintings.

I'm having a grand time painting them and am likely to be stuck by the sea for quite some paintings to come...

10*14 inch oil on canvas panel

By the sea.... Oil

I've been wanting to take my paintings to the sea for quite some time,

I finally got around to it.

10*14 inch oil on canvas panel

my name is red. Oil

I just finished this one.

Still hung on reading paintings. Again painted from life.

Looks like i'm on my way to using all my books in painting set-ups :p

The book i used here is Turkish author Orhan Pamuks' "my name is red".

A very interesting read. highly recommend it.

10*14 inch oil on canvas panel.

homage...... IF

I'm reposting this painting for Illustration Friday.

homage to Vermeer.

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update:

-Oops, forgot to post the link in IF. :p

Portrait Of A Poet 2... Oil

8*10 inch oil on canvas panel

Sea View.... Oil

Oil on canvas panel

Venus... Oil

8*10 inch

oil on canvas panel

Reading Corner

10*14 inch

oil on canvas panel.

Don't you just love to read! ;)

me & you

8*10 inch canvas panel

applez..... Oil

i stayed up all night with this one.

then again i started after 10 pm, so all night is relative :p

* i prepared my setting and had a go at it, it is always so much better to paint from life.

9*12 inch oil on canvas panel.

i'm trying to get a feel for frames.... see what suits what.... hmm

gouache ... updated

messed around with this drawing.

i added a bit of background with acrylic.

i 'll probably mess around with the other twos' backgrounds as well! :p

gouache...

One More Glance.... Oil

8*10 inch

canvas panel

Horse... Oil

this is a first. I wasn't sure how hard/easy it would be; drawing a horse.

it's fun that's for sure, then again painting always is ;)

8*10 inch

oil on canvas panel

arab-andalusian music.... oil

9*12 inch
oil on canvas panel

one with nature..... Oil

little boy.... Oil

9*12 inch

oil on canvas panel

Waiting..... oil

9*12 inch

oil on canvas panel

Time to Call it a Night

8*10 inch canvas panel

All Made Up

my make up case.

8*10 inch canvas panel

piza

8*10 inch oil on canvas panel

cho cho train

Bottles..... watercolor

*watercolor

A Coelho moment

had just finished reading "The Alchemist" by Paolo Coelho when I painted this.

very inspirational :).

*watercolor

nightlife.... watercolor

Venice 2

venice

oil on canvas panel

10*14 inch

Pretty In Black

daydream

8*10 inch canvas panel

yellow roses

9*12 inch

*sorry about the bad picture quality

soccer.... oil

8*10 oil on canvas panel

let's go!

another 8*10 canvas panel

Oranges

8*10 oil on canvas panel

Scream

8*10 inch.

oil on canvas panel

*sorry about the poor pic quality.

poppy in glass vase

*Oil on canvas panel

cafe corner

(8*10) oil on canvas panel.

Forgive the poor -more like lack of - picture quality.

'practice makes perfect' doesn't seem to apply to my photographic skills. :p

Sun Flowers

Salute to Vermeer

Evening Walk